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Athletics will continue its quest for a new megastar when the U-20 World Championships will start tomorrow in Tampere.
the athletes – 782 men and 684 women – are registered in 158 federations plus a team of athletes and a team of authorized neutral athletes of eligible Russians.
This means that it is the third largest edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Only the 2012 edition in Barcelona and the 2016 edition in Bydgoszcz involved more athletes
The competition will run over six days at the Ratina stadium
The main contenders include the Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega, who finished second at more than 5,000 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday (July 5th), despite Yomif Kejelcha being taken by his compatriot by his shorts and trying to shoot him in lane three with a turn to go.
He will start as a favorite of 5000m after winning the 3000m at the Under-18 World Championships in Nairobi in 1969.
Sokwakhana Zazini, another reigning world champion, including 400m rising star Christopher Taylor and the 400m hurdles "
The Swedish pole vault Armand Duplantis, who has already crossed 5.93 meters, and the Cuban triple jumper Jordan Diaz are other stars.
Samantha Watson is among the top contenders in the 800m while Kenyan Celliphine Chepteek Chespol will be the favorite in the women's 3000m steeplechase.
Sweden will aim for more pole vault success thanks to Lisa Gunnarsson while Moldovan discus star Alexandra Emi lianov is a great hope to launch.
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